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Grade 2

CCSS ELA Standard: 2.W.3

Writing Haiku in Primary
Writing Haiku in Primary
Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.
Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths
Characters’ Faults Can Also Be Strengths
Strength and weakness are often two sides of the same coin. Students will explore how a character’s flaw can be a benefit.
Halloween Problems and Solutions
Halloween Problems and Solutions
When we try to solve a problem, sometimes we end up creating new problems. Which lead to new solutions. Which lead to new problems.
Change A Story’s Genre
Change A Story’s Genre
What if we rewrote a story’s climax into a totally different genre?
Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season
Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season
Let’s write a holiday song about order and chaos!
Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️
Holiday Emoji Story ⛷️
Students will create a story about ⛷️🌨️🌲🐻🤝
Holiday Emoji Story 🍪
Holiday Emoji Story 🍪
Students will create a story about 🍪🥛🔍🐾🦌
Holiday Emoji Story ☃️
Holiday Emoji Story ☃️
Students will create a story about ☃️👑🏔️🔭✨
Holiday Emoji Story 🎅
Holiday Emoji Story 🎅
Students will create a story about 🎅🛷🌀🚀🌍
Holiday Emoji Story 🚚
Holiday Emoji Story 🚚
Students will create a story about 🚚🎁🤔🐶🫣
Halloween Emoji Story 🎃
Halloween Emoji Story 🎃
Students will create a story about 🎃🕯️📖💥👻.
Halloween Emoji Story 🌕
Halloween Emoji Story 🌕
Students will create a story about 🌕🌲👣😱💨.
Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️
Halloween Emoji Story 🕷️
Students will create a story about 🕷️🕸️📩🔑🚪.
Emoji Stories 🦁
Emoji Stories 🦁
Students will create a story about 🦁👑🐗🎶🌄
Emoji Stories 🐌
Emoji Stories 🐌
Students will create a story about 🐌📬✈️🏛️ 📜
Emoji Stories 🚚
Emoji Stories 🚚
Students will create a story about 🚚🤖📻🛸🌌
Emoji Stories 🏟️
Emoji Stories 🏟️
Students will create a story about 🏟️🏹🍞🐦🔥
Emoji Stories 🕰️
Emoji Stories 🕰️
Students will create a story about 🕰️🎩🐀💎🕺
Emoji Stories 👁️
Emoji Stories 👁️
Students will create a story about 👁️🔮🌩️🚷🌲
Emoji Stories 🚗
Emoji Stories 🚗
Students will write a story about 🚗🗺️🌋🐉🌉
Emoji Stories 🤖
Emoji Stories 🤖
Students will create a story about 🤖💃🎵🕺🐔.
Emoji Stories 🐻
Emoji Stories 🐻
Students will create a story about 🐻🎩🎙️🐰🤣.
Emoji Stories 🏰
Emoji Stories 🏰
Students will create a story about 🏰📚🔍🔐🚪.
Emoji Stories 🛥️
Emoji Stories 🛥️
Students will write a story about 🛥️🏊🌊🐙🤝 .
A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong
A Halloween Costume Gone Wrong
Let’s go roller skating in a Halloween costume! What could possibly go wrong?
Looking Closely at Holiday Photos
Looking Closely at Holiday Photos
Let’s write from multiple perspectives using an old timey holiday photo!
Holiday Writing: Packing Crates
Holiday Writing: Packing Crates
Students will look closely at this old image and write a short, structured poem.
Thanksgiving Photo Writing
Thanksgiving Photo Writing
Starting with an old-timey photo, students will write from a particular item’s point of view.
Discussing An Important Decision from History
Discussing An Important Decision from History
How would people with two different perspectives discuss a decision from history?
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Back to School: Rewriting The Beatles’ “Help!”
Can your students come up with a one-syllable word to sum up their time away from school? And then rewrite The Beatles’ song Help!?
Writing About Art: The Scream
Writing About Art: The Scream
Your students will turn the iconic painting The Scream into a vivid, sensory poem.
Think Like A Philosopher
Think Like A Philosopher
What would Socrates have thought if he watched Frozen?
Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
Writing A Thanksgiving Letter
What if an inanimate object could express thanks for a special person in your life? What would it write?
Remixing A Holiday Poem
Remixing A Holiday Poem
Let’s take a classic Christmas poem and remix it to work with another holiday!
Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween
Characters Dressed as Other Characters for Halloween
What if one character dressed up as another for Halloween? Would the Cat in the Hat pick Captain Jack Sparrow, because they’re both chaotic yet good-natured people? Would Elsa dress up as The Ice King since they are both lonely?